SEMF | Michael Levin | Cell Intelligence in Physiological & Morphological Spaces | SPACIOUS SPATIALITY 2022 @SEMF | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
Plenary session kindly contributed by Michael Levin in SEMF's 2022 Spacious Spatiality
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SESSION ABSTRACT
Life was solving problems in metabolic, genetic, physiological, and anatomical spaces long before brains and nervous systems appeared. In this talk, I will describe remarkable capabilities of cell groups as they create, repair, and remodel complex anatomies. Anatomical homeostasis reveals that groups of cells are collective intelligences; their cognitive medium is the same as that of the human mind: electrical signals propagating in cell networks. I will explain non-neural bioelectricity and the tools we use to track the basal cognition of cells and tissues and control their function for applications in regenerative medicine. I will conclude with a discussion of our framework based on evolutionary scaling of intelligence by pivoting conserved mechanisms that allow agents, whether designed or evolved, to navigate complex problem spaces.
SESSION MATERIALS
· The Electrical Blueprints that Orchestrate Life (TED Talk): ted.com/talks/michael_levin_the_electrical_blueprints_that_orchestrate_life
· Michael Levin's interviews and presentations: https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/presentations/
· Michael Levin's publications: https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/publications/
· The Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms (ICDO): icdorgs.org
MICHAEL LEVIN
Department of Biology, Tufts University: https://as.tufts.edu/biology
Tufts University profile: https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/
Wyss Institute profile: https://wyss.harvard.edu/team/associate-faculty/michael-levin-ph-d/
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Levin_(biologist)
Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=luouyakAAAAJ
Twitter: twitter.com/drmichaellevin
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michael-levin-b0983a6
SEMF NETWORKS
Website: semf.org.es
Twitter: twitter.com/semf_nexus
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/semf-nexus
Instagram: instagram.com/semf.nexus
Facebook: facebook.com/semf.nexus
MUSIC
youtube.com/user/Baroquenoise
Plenary session kindly contributed by Michael Levin in SEMF's 2022 Spacious Spatiality
semf.org.es/spatiality
SESSION ABSTRACT
Life was solving problems in metabolic, genetic, physiological, and anatomical spaces long before brains and nervous systems appeared. In this talk, I will describe remarkable capabilities of cell groups as they create, repair, and remodel complex anatomies. Anatomical homeostasis reveals that groups of cells are collective intelligences; their cognitive medium is the same as that of the human mind: electrical signals propagating in cell networks. I will explain non-neural bioelectricity and the tools we use to track the basal cognition of cells and tissues and control their function for applications in regenerative medicine. I will conclude with a discussion of our framework based on evolutionary scaling of intelligence by pivoting conserved mechanisms that allow agents, whether designed or evolved, to navigate complex problem spaces.
SESSION MATERIALS
· The Electrical Blueprints that Orchestrate Life (TED Talk): ted.com/talks/michael_levin_the_electrical_blueprints_that_orchestrate_life
· Michael Levin's interviews and presentations: https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/presentations/
· Michael Levin's publications: https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/publications/
· The Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms (ICDO): icdorgs.org
MICHAEL LEVIN
Department of Biology, Tufts University: https://as.tufts.edu/biology
Tufts University profile: https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/
Wyss Institute profile: https://wyss.harvard.edu/team/associate-faculty/michael-levin-ph-d/
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Levin_(biologist)
Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=luouyakAAAAJ
Twitter: twitter.com/drmichaellevin
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michael-levin-b0983a6
SEMF NETWORKS
Website: semf.org.es
Twitter: twitter.com/semf_nexus
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/semf-nexus
Instagram: instagram.com/semf.nexus
Facebook: facebook.com/semf.nexus
MUSIC
youtube.com/user/Baroquenoise
